Old Army Hat Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]He came home to Tennessee,
a young man at the end of forty [Em]-five
[A]Only one of seven men in his platoon
that [D]made it [A]back [D]alive
He must have seen some tough times,
but he never talked too
much [A]about [Em]all that
Put his [A]pictures and his memories
[D]in the ce[A]dar [D]chest
[Em]Everything but his o[A]ld army hat[D]
By the time I graduated,
the winds of change had
blown across our [Em]land
They were [A]burning flags and draft cards
when they bothered to take
[D]some [A]kind of [D]stand
And we used to laugh at Grandpa
like he was some old relic from the [Em]past
Cause he [A]never left the house
lest he was wearing
[D]That fun[Em]ny looking wor[A]n out army hat[D]
[G]Every eye was on him
Anytime that he went [D]anywhere
They [A]whispered and they pointed
But you could tell that Grandpa didn't [D]care
I ain't [G]wearing this for them, he said
It's a whole lot [D]more than that
For my [Em]bud dies who gave everything
the [A]least that I could do
Is [Em]keep on wearin' [A]this old army [D]hat
He called me up one morning
Said he'd seen it on the
news on his [Em]TV
They've [A]opened up a
monument to World War II
in [D]Washington, [A]D .C.[D] I ain't gettin' any younger,
and I wish someone would take me to see [Em]that
I [A]couldn't help but think
they're gonna laugh at you up there
If [Em]you show up in that [A]silly army [D]hat
Two strangers both saluted
as grandpa walked up to the monument
[Em]One said[A] thank you soldier
for a job well done,
the other said [D]amen
And a young boy said sir my daddy went
to war and never made it [Em]back
Would you [A]take a picture
standing [Asus4]here beside me?[A][Asus4]
[D]And may[Em]be let me wear you[A]r army hat[D]
[G]Every eye was on him
And there was not a dry one in the [D]crowd
They [A]whispered and they pointed
And Grandpa stood up extra tall and [D]proud
He [G]said, son, just keep it
When the young boy tried his best
to give it [D]back
You're a [Em]brave little soldier, son
An[A]d every soldier needs
His [Em]very own authen[A]tic army [D]hat
For your [Em]daddy who gave everything
The [A]least that I can do
[Em]Is pass on this old wo[A]rn -out army h[D]at
Oh, for [A]spacious skies,
for [Em]amber [A]waves of [D]grain,
[A]for pur[D]ple mountain maj[A]esties
above [Ebdim]the fruit[E]ed plain[A].
Amer[D]ica, [Bm]Ameri[A]ca,
God [Em]shed His [A]grace on [D]thee,
And [G]crown thy good with [D]brotherhood
From [Em]sea to [A]shining [D]sea.
And [G]crown thy good [D]with brotherhood
[Em]From sea to shin[A]ing [D]sea.[A][D]
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